In Sapporo, surging costs have forced JR Hokkaido and partners to reevaluate redevelopment plans for the area near the future ...

As the number of users is unlikely to recover from a prolonged decline, JR Hokkaido has decided to close the station.

Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese expert panel broadly approved Thursday a draft report by the transport ministry that ...

Hokkaido's Furano Line is famous for its breathtaking scenery all year round. It runs between Asahikawa and Furano stations ...

After the bullet train line is connected to Sapporo at the end of fiscal 2030, Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) is expected to end operations on the 148-kilometer adjacent section of the JR ...

In 2020, Tokyu Corporation's "THE ROYAL EXPRESS" started operating on JR Hokkaido. See why and how Tokyu's luxury tourist train started running in Hokkaido Prefecture. This year, JR Hokkaido ...

SAPPORO -- A government investigation has confirmed that tunnel construction for the shinkansen bullet train line extension ... of Kuromatsunai in southwestern Hokkaido. Farmers began noticing ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost bullet train route, to Sapporo by eight years to March 2039, partly due to ...

ABASHIRI, Hokkaido--Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) is operating a special train again this year on part of its Senmo Line to allow passengers to view the drift ice in the Sea of Okhotsk.

Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese expert panel broadly approved Thursday a draft report by the transport ministry that pushes back the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line's ...